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I. Introduction
SC2 BigFoot Launcher is a game client assistant developed by popular Chinese gaming site 178.com. Also available for other games like WoW, 劍俠情緣3 and qq西遊, the BigFoot software series primarily serves as a portal to interface with 178.com's extensive replay and custom map databases. It also has many secondary functions, such as offline replay viewing and easy region switching. It is these secondary uses that have caught the interest of the International community.
II. Functions
According to the official site, SC2 BigFoot Launcher has the following functions:
- Offline vs AI
- Offline replay viewing
- Offline custom-map play
- Single player battle-tactic tutorial (T/N: ? I guess the challenges?)
- Analyze replay data
- View replay details (such as APM)
- Automatically archival of replays
- Battle.net region selection
+ Show Spoiler [Original text] + 《星际争霸2》工具包
目前功能：
离线与电脑AI对战（单机模式！）
离线观看Replay录象
离线体验RPG游戏地图
单人模式融入战术教程
查看Replay对战信息
查看Replay详细信息（如APM）
自动加载Replay录象文件到游戏所指定的目录
战网服务器切换选择
星际大脚官方网站:http://bigfoot.178.com/sc2
III. Installation
A video installation/usage tutorial is available here (not translated).
- Download the latest version of SC2 BigFoot Launcher.
- Open bfsc-setup.exe and install.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/S2An8.jpg)
Note: Click on Next [下一步] to continue.
You still need to have StarCraft 2 installed (any language will do). The SC2 BigFoot Launcher is not a replacement for the official client.
IV. Usage
SC2 BigFoot Launcher defaults in the following directory
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/4YwyC.jpg)
Home screen (with translations)：
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/58MVp.jpg)
Note that for some functions (such as replay uploading) are inactive until you login with an account at 178.com.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/XHTHV.jpg)
To change Battle.net Gateway, click on the Change gateway 【切换战网】 button next to the Battle.net section. Click on Battle.net after returning to the main menu to play.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ZzFfE.jpg)
Offline replay viewing can be accessed by clicking the first button in the lower row of the mainscreen. You can choose between existing replays and ones available from the 178.com replay database.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5I1XS.jpg)
After you find a replay by clicking “Search”, simply click on “Play this replay” to start watching it. The client will automatically download the corresponding Map if it is not detected.
V. FAQ
The following is a translation of the official FAQ Q: After I installed SC2 BigFoot, do I still need to install the official StarCraft 2 client?
A: Yes! SC2 BigFoot is a client assistant. It still needs the official client to initiate the game. Q: Does SC2 BigFoot update automatically?
A: Yes! SC2 BigFoot will automatically update to the latest version at each initiation. Q: Does SC2 BigFoot support vs AI games?
A: Yes! Q: After installing SC2 BigFoot, can I use it to browse the replay archive?
A: When starting SC2 BigFoot for the first time, you'll be requested to fill in your [178.com] login information. Afterwards you will have direct access to the replay database. [T/N Note: Replay database refers to replays hosted by 178.com at http://dl.178.com/sc2/］Q: When playing vs AI, can I select the AI difficulty using SC2 BigFoot?
A: Yes! Select vs AI in the main screen, then choose your prefered AI setting in pop-up dialog. Q: Can I add my own custom maps to SC2 BigFoot?
A: Yes! However, you need to have "add AI" enabled in the map settings.
Q: If I do not have the map file corresponding to a replay, will SC2 BigFoot automatically download the proper map to watch the replay?A: Select SC2 BigFoot's replay function. After you open the replay file, if the local map file is not found, SC2 BigFoot will automatically download the corresponding map. + Show Spoiler [Source Text] +问：安装星际大脚后，是否还需要安装星际争霸2的客户端才可以正常游戏？ 答：需要，星际大脚只是一款客户端辅助工具，它还需要星际争霸客户端的支持才可以正常进行游戏。 问：星际大脚是否像大脚其他同类客户端一样支持在线升级？ 答：是的，星际大脚和其他大脚同类客户端一样在启动后会检测最新版本，当有最新客户端版本时会自动进行升级。 问：星际大脚是否支持单机对抗电脑模式？ 答：是的，支持。 问：安装星际大脚以后，能否直接点击REP录像文件启动观看录像模式？ 答：星际大脚第一次启动时会提示用户是否关联录像文件，选择是以后可以直接通过rep录像文件观看录像。 问：单机对战中，电脑的难度是否可以通过星际大脚客户端选择？ 答：可以，在星际大脚客户端上选择单机模式，在弹出的页面中找到游戏难度复选框，选择适合自己难度的电脑即可。 问：星际大脚单机模式是否可以自己添加地图？ 答：可以，但是需要保证添加的地图文件中有加载AI模式。 问：如果我加载rep录像文件，本地没有地图，星际大脚是否可以自动查找地图并下载后顺利观看？ 答：选择星际大脚的录像管理功能，在打开的页面中加载对应的rep录像文件后，如果本地没有该rep录像文件的对应地图，星际大脚将自行到服务器上下载对应的地图配合星际争霸2客户端正常观看rep录像。 Source Text
Q: Does this mean I can play on other Servers with a single CD-key?
A: No. You'll still need an existing account for the specific region to play on that server (KR, for example). This simply makes it easier to switch between regions. You also get to play any server with the sound-set you're familiar with.
Q: What's the cheats section?
A: It simply lists the single player cheats. The cheats are not available in multiplayer (as usual).
Q: Is this a trainer/hack?
A: As far as I see, the software does not confer any multiplayer advantages. Once launched, the game client is functions as original.
Q: Is this legal (in accordance with EULA)?
A: I have not seen any official information from Blizzard regarding the SC2 BigFoot Launcher. 178.com is one of the largest gaming site in the world, and usage of this client assistant is quite common, and it does not confer any in-game advantages. However, in the feedback forums, there's one unanswered instance where someone posted that his "account was banned as result of using BigFoot." It's unknown whether this was in fact true. Most likely, this like other region-switchers, are in legal grey area for Blizzard.
Q: Will I able to use X sound bank on Y server?
A: This is one undocumented feature (or bug) of the region switcher. Because you use a single installation to play on all servers, the audio used ingame will be whatever you installed with. Feel free to install whichever client audio you enjoy more. Every combination works (so far)!
Q: I switched to TW server, now all my menu labels are gone!
A: This is a known bug. Luckily, the menu are all functional despite unlabeled. As long as you remember where everything is, you can go through the game fine. If you use the TW client instead, the no-menu bug goes away (although you'll be stuck with the TW sound file).
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them. No, i do not work for 178.com.
 
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Hong Kong4685 Posts
How does region switching work? Does it edit the MPQ and you have to wait?
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Canada1637 Posts
Thank you, need to look into using this program now xD
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This is awesome, isn't this what Tyler was using?
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Now if they added some kind of custom ladder (iCCup-like) maybe SC2 wouldn't be so horrible after all.
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Yay I can free up like 40 gigs on my HDD now!
Thank you!
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Sweden33719 Posts
Really nice of you to do this, now I can link anyone needing this in the future to this thread instead of having to explain everything over again  (and badly at that, since I dont speak chinese)
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is this what liquid'tyler uses to switch easily from NA to KR then EU?
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On November 08 2011 03:52 fabiano wrote:
Now if they added some kind of custom ladder (iCCup-like) maybe SC2 wouldn't be so horrible after all.
as amazing as this would be im 99% sure that they would be breaking ToS at that point
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I got to say this thing telling me the ping of the servers is great, will tell me good or bad times to ladder on China once I get some more time cards!
Also found out my connection to SEA is just as good as NA, interesting.
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does this make the latency easier cross servers?
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No, it doesn't change anything related to your connection to the servers. Your latency will be the same as if you use the regular client.
Although it does have a latency display, which is nice for finding the best time slot.
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On November 08 2011 05:00 unit wrote:is this what liquid'tyler uses to switch easily from NA to KR then EU? edit: Show nested quote +On November 08 2011 03:52 fabiano wrote:
Now if they added some kind of custom ladder (iCCup-like) maybe SC2 wouldn't be so horrible after all. as amazing as this would be im 99% sure that they would be breaking ToS at that point
wait... so creating a separated ladder is illegal, even if not modifying ANY SC2 files?
Imagine if magically someone was able to retrieve information about a game just played by a registered user in this system (like who won, vs who, which race, which map, etc) without any user interaction besides logging into the system. Also magically, the programmer was able to retrieve such informations without modifying/breaking into any of the SC2 files. At this point a completely independent ladder could be created with a decent map pool and less ridiculous ranking system. Where is the ToS violation in this?
I ask that because thats my only hope that SC2 will someday have a ladder where we are not tied to Blizzard maps. Jesus... if at least there was a way to implement a list of rooms created by users to join ranked or unranked games, like in BW, I would be satisfied.
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I wouldn't put it past blizzard to ban everyone who uses this
be careful guys
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On November 08 2011 05:10 Gamegene wrote:
does this make the latency easier cross servers?
Nothing can help you there. It is all based on your location, your ISP, and luck.
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When SC2 loads up i have the login in screen but with nothing on it accept the background screen saver looking thing...
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Can you take a screenshot, Za7oX? Let's see if I can figure out what went wrong for you.
Also, the images are hosted by imgur. I can put together a set elsewhere for you if you can't view Imgur.com images.
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this thing is amazing, thanks for the post
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Could anyone just re-upload this somewhere else? I can't seem to download it properly, it just keeps timing out after 20min cause i only get like 4kb sec.
Would be much appreciated. =)
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So i just pick the realm i want to switch to then open sc2?
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On November 10 2011 01:15 RoyAlex wrote:
Could anyone just re-upload this somewhere else? I can't seem to download it properly, it just keeps timing out after 20min cause i only get like 4kb sec.
Would be much appreciated. =)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmpg22c0ssdm0qq
Yes. One function of this is easier region switching than existing methods. Funny that this software wasn't well known before, I knew it came out during Beta!
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When I open the TW server with bigfoot all the buttons are blank, so I have to navigate through the menu's from memory. Anybody else get this? Oh and this didn't happen with the old relocalizer I used.
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Weird, that also occurred for me, and oddly enough I have the TW language set installed. Don't seem to occur for any other Servers.
Let me know if you notice any other errors. I plan to put together a summary post to the developers about the recent international interest, and bugs like this can be helpful.
(although it seems like development has been dead for quite a few months)
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Opening starcraft through bigfoot also causes my mouse curser to not be contained in the screen, even with the option on.
**edit** Seemed to have fixed this problem by exiting out of bigfoot after I have opened the client.
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A majority of the text doesn't display on my screen. Is this because I don't have a font installed or something? Is there a way to make it in english?
http://i.imgur.com/Vno2E.jpg
That's what it looks like ^.
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Is that the TW Server? This occurs with mine as well, although I have Traditional Chinese installed. I haven't find a solution to this error yet.
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I have this installed but i can seem to get past the log in screen.
Do i need to buy another copy of the game to play on another server?
Or should i be able to log in with my current id regardless of the server region?
forgive my lack of knowledge, I've just never tried this until now.
edit: nevermind. i reread and answered my own question
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On November 14 2011 03:39 TylerThaCreator wrote:A majority of the text doesn't display on my screen. Is this because I don't have a font installed or something? Is there a way to make it in english? http://i.imgur.com/Vno2E.jpgThat's what it looks like ^.
I have the same problem
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The font-set will automatically change to the region you're using, but the TW one appears to be bugged (hence the blanks). I haven't found a solution to it yet.
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Does anyone else have the problem where if you have dual monitors the mouse just goes over to the other monitor instead of scrolling the starcraft scene over?
edit: just looked up.
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any fix to the text not showing up in the TW server yet?? just downloaded this tool and its awesome minus this bug : (
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Ok, two questions:
- When there is a patch, do you have to switch back to the original client version first (like other relocalizers)?
- Let's say my original is EU and I switch to NA, I play for a bit and then close SC2. The next time I start SC2 again, will it still be on NA or will it be on EU?
Thanks a bunch btw!
EDIT: I PM'd the thread starter and he told me that it might not matter which server you're on when you patch, but that it could give trouble when you patch a client and then go on another server where the patch hasn't hit. So he told me to be careful in the downtime. Second, and I found this out myself by now too, if you start the client normally, it will be on your original clients server, you can only go on the other one by using BF to actually start SC2.
I have a peculiar problem now. I rebound backspace to 'return page' button on my mouse with a third application, since I use it to inject hatcheries and to jump between bases and such. To clarify: this is not done in SC, that button works like that in every program on my computer.
However, when I start SC2 (be it EU or NA) with Bigfoot this doesn't work anymore. So it seems that the hotkey doesn't apply to it, which is weird, 'cause it should be universal. Anybody got an idea how to fix this?
EDIT 2: I managed to fix my program by starting Setpoint with administrator rights (using the task scheduler).
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fuck i read after trying that it doesnt work with TW fuck me
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On January 28 2012 02:50 desRow wrote:
fuck i read after trying that it doesnt work with TW fuck me
Hey desrow, the only problem others have reported about the program on TW, is that it doesn't display menu text properly. Otherwise it has been fully functional. Is there a new issue you found?
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Anyone knows if there'll be an update that shows the text on the TW client?
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The launcher hasn't been updated for almost a year now. I wouldn't be expecting anything soon.
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I've used this forever on WoW so it's cool to see it here
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So if I understand right, I have a CN Account and a EU Account. I can play on EU but with Chinese Characters and Voice?
That would be awsome if this is true :/
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You can play both servers with one client yes. If you have the Chinese client it'll use those sounds/voices on EU.
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What about latin american region?
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Latin America got merged with NA yes?
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I have a Korean client and a Chinese client. I want to play Chinese server with complete Korean language. Is that possible with this tool?
Can you use this program to play on Chinese Bnet in Korean?(sounds, texts etc in korean)
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On March 04 2012 14:26 joonjoon819 wrote:
I have a Korean client and a Chinese client. I want to play Chinese server with complete Korean language. Is that possible with this tool?
Can you use this program to play on Chinese Bnet in Korean?(sounds, texts etc in korean)
Yes, you can play on any other region in the language of your original client. In your case, you can uninstall the Chinese client and connect to the Chinese server through your Korean client with the tool.
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Any changes on how to get rid of the blank boxes when using another client on TW server ? I don't get any signs or letters with bigfoot ... :/
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I have an issue when I go to log in. I get an error(It has a big red X, so I know its an error) but I dont understand the language therefore I have no idea what it is saying. Any body got any ideas?
EDIT: Nm, I thought it was bnet id. Created 178.com account and all good. I will leave this post here in case anyone else is as silly as me (Doubt it) :D
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On March 04 2012 14:47 Akinokaze wrote:Show nested quote +On March 04 2012 14:26 joonjoon819 wrote:
I have a Korean client and a Chinese client. I want to play Chinese server with complete Korean language. Is that possible with this tool?
Can you use this program to play on Chinese Bnet in Korean?(sounds, texts etc in korean) Yes, you can play on any other region in the language of your original client. In your case, you can uninstall the Chinese client and connect to the Chinese server through your Korean client with the tool.
ohh so I locate my Korean client with Bigfoot and I run my Korean SC2 client to log on to CN BNet with my CN account?
and replays. are they in Chinese if I run them with bigfoot?
a great tool. literally everything except campaigns
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Replays from CN server should be in Korean if you run the Korean client yes just make sure that the program knows which copy of sc2 to use since you have two installed.
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On March 06 2012 08:49 Akinokaze wrote:Replays from CN server should be in Korean if you run the Korean client yes just make sure that the program knows which copy of sc2 to use since you have two installed.
Uhh I went into the settings and located my Korean SC2 client(double-checked it) and I set my battle.net to CN mainland server. Then I clicked on the battle.net button. but most parts of the interface was still in Chinese, and some parts were simply written in question marks, and I am quite sure that they are actually Korean. Why is this happening? Isn't this supposed to be completely in Korean without any 'crashed' letters? I am using a Korean client, so I think it should be able to display Korean letters without problem...
EDIT: I just found out that single-player games using BigFoot is in complete Korean, including written and voices. but when I click on the battle.net button, it is half-chinese and half-korean(question marks). in BNet multiplayer games, all of the in-game texts are in question marks.
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Any way to make my korean client in English? I switched the region to KR, launched the game and it was still in Korean, even though I specified my EU client during the installation of the program. While it's 'cool' to have mysterious signs all over my SC2, I'd still prefer to actually understand the writting/voices.. <.<
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Just tested a workaround: If you install the TW client, the "no menu bug" goes away for the TW server.
On March 06 2012 23:32 BabyToss! wrote:
Any way to make my korean client in English? I switched the region to KR, launched the game and it was still in Korean, even though I specified my EU client during the installation of the program. While it's 'cool' to have mysterious signs all over my SC2, I'd still prefer to actually understand the writting/voices.. <.<
You'll get the menu labels of whichever server you use (if you switch to KR, you'll get the Korean menu). However, you keep the game audio of the client you installed. If you're getting KR audio, Big Foot is pointing to the wrong client file. Adjust your settings:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/KH64d.jpg)
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wow this actually works, this is the best client out there hands down
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The SEA connect is broken. It connect me to the NA server.
Still a great feature, I love playing on the NA and TW server with my KR version of Starcraft 2.
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Anybody have a mirror for the install?
Due to dodgy routing or poor hosting the download won't complete for an hour
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Hi there
I tried this software, it launches the EU client but not the NA client (I installed only the EU client btw, is it still fine?), when I choose NA and then click on battlenet this message appears.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/K9NaK.png)
Any help?
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I play on the EU server and got myself an SEA account and got a free NA server account with it. Could anyone please help me out and summarize how can I use this tool adequately to play on the SEA server? And whether I will be getting audio voices and text in English?
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On March 20 2012 16:01 TanTzoR wrote:Hi there I tried this software, it launches the EU client but not the NA client (I installed only the EU client btw, is it still fine?), when I choose NA and then click on battlenet this message appears. Any help?
same problem here any cluess ? I have my LA client installed and any gateway shows this error.
dont have an idea what happens and it only launchs my default language.
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The error translates to:
Cannot start online play (cannot switch client/cannot switch language).
Not sure what may cause this. I will try test a few things when I get back home next week.
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it's too bad that this Bigfoot.SC2 still needs you to be an administrator to run, where the GSC-Relocalizer (CMD) works with standard users. Is there a fix for this so we don't have to be admins just to use Bigfoot to change the region where we want to play?
I use a Korean client (koKR) and I use Bigfoot.SC2 to change regions (to SEA, NA, KR/TW, and EU). So far I have not encountered any problems, except for when I go to TW specifically, I get blank boxes text. SEA NA EU have good English text and KR has the Korean text.
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On April 13 2012 01:29 SpawnX wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2012 16:01 TanTzoR wrote:Hi there I tried this software, it launches the EU client but not the NA client (I installed only the EU client btw, is it still fine?), when I choose NA and then click on battlenet this message appears. Any help? same problem here any cluess ? I have my LA client installed and any gateway shows this error. dont have an idea what happens and it only launchs my default language.
c_kAelle reminded me of something, did you try running Big Foot as an administrator (right click- run as administrator).
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OK I've done a lot of testing and trying to understand what this program does, and I have to say that is not compatible with my LA Client, so I´ve tried some methods to make it work, using another relocalizer to create the enUS files, and now bigfoot program recognize that i have an enUS client and make the switching to TW.
What this program does is look into your SC2 installation folder for ur local client files enUS, enEU,etc. From this list written in the code: enGB, enSG, enUS, koKR zhCN, zhTW, ONLY!, So if your client is not listed here you are gonna see the same error again and again, So I'm cheating the program using another relocalizer named Relocalizer_X, I´m using my source as esMX to enUS, i let all the process run, and returned it to esMX ( enUS to esMX or whatever ur client is), now this way i have enUS files in my SC2 isntallation folder and i can play on my TW and MX account(because now its my default again). so its the same case with another clients that are not listed here, like esES.
NA and LA servers are united now, but nowdays its required a different license to play both clients and is not the same as enUS, i hope you find useful this solution, its true that you invest more HD space but not so much as if you have both clients installed.
I hope i have explained my self, im not so good with english but if u have questions ill be happy to answer.
Cya, I'm trying to solve the issue about blank buttons and menus in TW switching, so ill tell you if i find a solution. i hope its a MPQ edit issue.
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spawn, any reason you still use big foot instead of developing your own better relocalizer :p
Seems like you got what it takes
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On March 06 2012 23:46 Primadog wrote:
Just tested a workaround: If you the "no menu bug" goes away for the TW server.
Download and install?
Does that mean you're just going to be running the -actual- TW client, with the unlikeable chinese announcers/unit responses?
Sorry, 7GB is alot in my country to 'test'... pls let me know
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is there any workaround for the "no text menu" while choosing TW server ?
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I am using BigFoot to play with AI and I am loving it, However I can't use it to play on Bnet because most of the in-game text are displayed as question marks, which is very irritating. I am trying to play on China mainland server(which I have an account on) in Korean language, so I got a Korean client and launched it with BigFoot after setting the Bnet realm to China mainland.
But all I see is lots of question marks all over the place and some texts still stay in Chinese.
Why is this? Isn't Korean language supposed to be displayed correctly because I am using Korean client to launch it? Why is Chinese being displayed with no problem while Korean is not?
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amazing program, thank you
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A lot of people that posted in that thread are having many issues with that relocalizer
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Thank youuuuu, btw if there's a new patch, do i need to revert it back to the default server?
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That's really trash, I switched from that to 178 and now I have no problems at all :/
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Hey all could someone help me put please? I had used this program on another laptop before to change reason without any prblems at all. But this time around when I am trying to download and install it on my PC I am having problems.
After downloading the installer and on opening the exe file the installshield starts but it goe nowhere from that so my installation doesnt even begin. Its most probably an error message but I dont understand as its in Chinese.
Could someone please help me out installing this thing?
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On June 20 2012 15:29 ValM wrote:
Hey all could someone help me put please? I had used this program on another laptop before to change reason without any prblems at all. But this time around when I am trying to download and install it on my PC I am having problems.
After downloading the installer and on opening the exe file the installshield starts but it goe nowhere from that so my installation doesnt even begin. Its most probably an error message but I dont understand as its in Chinese.
Could someone please help me out installing this thing?
bumping my post.....also can someone verify if this thing runs on Windows XP as well?
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Sorry for the noob question but can you play on other ladders with this software?
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On July 11 2012 09:26 AlmightyRaiden wrote:
Sorry for the noob question but can you play on other ladders with this software?
no read op
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I'm having problems playing on other servers post patch 1.5 using bigfoot. Anyone else having the same problem using any relocalisers?
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On August 02 2012 16:20 ValM wrote:
I'm having problems playing on other servers post patch 1.5 using bigfoot. Anyone else having the same problem using any relocalisers?
Yeah i am as well, it's giving me a huge error in chinese that goes across both my screens lol.
http://i.imgur.com/fax7U.jpg
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Yup, I can't use Bigfoot after patch 1.5. Any translators who'd like to read that mile long text?
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This patch really screwed me over. Anyone know if there's a fix coming from the developers?
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Bigfoot won't be updated. Either it'll be something that doesn't require another version to fix it, or we'll have to use other relocalizers.
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I have some problem regarding the error when im trying to search.. I mean from the bigfoot client.. When i click the "Battle.net"
it appears an error. Need some help here.
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EPT
Liquid'Jinro. The following are some translation and usage tutorial to help fellow TLers along.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GVnxN.jpg)
